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[Tim]

On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 08:45 -0700, stan wrote:
> Detective work.  Two commands that help are lsusb and lspci.

Seeing as I recall the original poster mentioning that there were a new
Linux user, these might be a handy hints:

"ls" is the command used to list files and directories on Linux.

"lsusb" has added to a familiar command name, as something that lists
USB information.

"lspci" has done a similar thing, this time with PCI (the card slots on
the motherboard, or built in hardware that acts the same as plugged in
hardware).

There are a few other "ls..." commands, and you can find out about them
by reading their man pages.  

  e.g. In the command line, type: ls

Then hit tab a couple of times, and you'll see what it finds that begins
with ls.  Then you can use the man program.

  e.g. man lsusb

And seeing how we're discussing added hardware.  The "dmesg" command is
another useful tool.  You can type it before, and after, adding
hardware, and look for changes.  (Probably) anything different will be
related to what you've connected.  Although, there's also the chance of
some other simultaneous event just happening to occur at the same time.
You can repeat the experiment to double-check.

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686

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